Music-sheet turner.



H. C. ANDERSON & J. GAFFNEY. MUSIC SHEET TURNER APPLICATION FILED OCT.9. i914.

Patented Oct. 12, 1915.

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H.C.ANDERS J. G-AFFNEY H. C. ANDERSON & J. GAFFNEY.

MUSIC SHEET TURNER.

APPLICATION FILED 0on9. 1914.

1,156,199. Patented Oct. 12, 1915.

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awe/whom NDEHSQN J. GA FFNEY 0waw. M

aka M1124 HIRAM c. ANDERSON, or

WESTCHESTER, NEW R AND JAMES A N Y or Rosanna, NEW JERSEY.

MUSlC Sl-IEET TURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 12, 1915.

Application f led October S, 1914. Serial No. 865,901.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Hrniir G. Annnnson,

citizen of the United (States, residing at \Vestchester, in the countyof BronX' and State of New York, and JAMns Garrnnr, citizen of theUnited States, residing at Roselle, in the county of. Union and State ofNew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMusic-Sheet Turners, of which -the following is aspecification,.reference being hadlt o the accompanying drawings.

i This invention relates to an improved music sheet turner, and has forits primary object to provide'a simple, inexpensive, and reliable deviceof this character for turning the sheets of music.

:The nven ion ha f r a qthe ve y pontant vlobject to provide a device ofthe above character which is solconistructed that the same .niay bereadily .rnounted or arranged upon a music stand, the music desk ofa'pianohorin sheet musiclfolio.

It is a furtherobgect of our inventlon to provide ,adevice for the abovepurpose which maybe operated avith ease and facility and is of greatconvenience and serviceabi ity pra tica a e- M ith the above and otherobjects in view,

our invention consists in the novel features of construction,combination, and arrangement of ,parts .to be hereinafter more fully dsc b claim and illu ra d in th accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a plan .iziew showing thesubject matter of our inventionapplied to a f lio v ch a s o n y us d (fo Ca ryi sheet music, and themusic sheets properly attached to the turning arms; ,Fig'. 2 is anenlarged elevation showing the ounting of the supplementary sheetturning arms, and one of said arms thrown over into the p0 sition itoccupies-after the sheet held thereby has been turned; Fig. 3 is anenlarged detail perspectiaie view ofone of the sheet turning'arrns; ,andFig. 1 4 is a plan view showing the device monntedupbll a Single rigidbase an the addi onal ni g a m r mov d Figis a d t i ag nen ry respeetive view.

Referring in detail to thedrawing, 5 designates .the backing strip ofthe folio .which my b co struc d of hea y a boar ifi e o h r suitabmateria in th ma ner of the ordinary book. T0 the opposite longitudinaledges of this backing strip, the foldable sides 6 of the folio arehingedly connected by means of the usual cloth binding sheet. To thestrip 5 spaced bearing eyes or brackets indicated at 7 are secured,

and in these bearings the longitudinally extending rod 8 is rotatablymounted. The lower end of this rod is laterally extended as at 9 toprovide a suitable handle while the other or upper end thereof is alsohorizon tally disposed to provide the sheet turn ing arm 10. Theextremity of this arm is angularly bent and equipped with a suitableclamping device indicated at 11 for engage ment with the upper edge ofthe music sheet. Add tional or supplementary sheet turn ng arms shown at12 are preferably each formed from a single wire rod,"on'e of its endsbeing formed with an eye 13 loosely engaged upon a reduced portionof therod 8 to turn with respect thereto. In this rod, adjacent to theeye 13,a smaller eye or loop 11 is formed which projects from the rod in aplane at right angles to the eyelil. The otherend of the wire rod isangularly bent as at 15 and then returned orcoiled to provide a(clamping loop 16 upon its extremity.

Upon the-inner face of the frontside wall 6 of the folio and adjacent tothe longitu dinal edgethereof, a guideeye 1,7 is se'c' ured throughwhich a link'chain 18,,exte1idsl One end of this chain is'provided witha ring 19 which is engaged in the eye 14' of oneof the sheet turningarms 12. The chain 18 is also provided with a second eye 20 looselyengaged upon the other of thewire arms 12 and outwardly of the loop 14therein. It will benoted'that when both of the arms 12 are disposed onthe right hand side of the which the lower edges of the ,music sheetsare adapted to rest. It will be understood that these brackets are solocated with respect toeach other that they will not contact or in anywayinterfere with the proper closing of the folio. After the'first sheetof musichas been opened upon the front wall 6 of the folio, the "nextsheet isengaged at its upperedge in the clamp 11 provided on the arm 10of the rod 8. The next music sheet isengaged by the clamping loop 16 onthe end of the Wirearm 12 upon which the ring 20 of the chain 18 isengaged. It will be understood that the edge of the sheet is disposedupon the downwardly extended end portion 15 of the arm, the loop 16formed thereon being sprung upwardly and engaged upon the upper face ofthe sheet. The other of the music sheets is then attached in a similarmanner to the second arm 12 to which the end of the chain is permanentlysecured and which lies directly upon the back wall 6 of the folio.Having secured the sheets to the turning arms in this manner, when themusician desires to turn the second sheet of music, the lower end 9 ofthe rod 8 is swung over to the left upon the front wall 6 of the folio,thus also swinging the arm 10 upon the upper end of said rod and turningthe sheet which is carried thereby. To turn the next sheet, the operatorpulls upon the end of the chain 18. The ring 20 of said chain engagesagainst the loop let of the rod 12 which acts as a stop, thus causingthe chain to exert a pull upon the turning arm to swing the same on therod 8 whereby the music sheet is turned over. In order to turn the nextsheet, the chain is given a further pull so that the ring 20 will slideoutwardly upon the arm 12 which has been turned while the other arm 12to which the end of the chain is attached, is turned upon the rod 8,thus swinging the same thereon and turning the sheet. in this manner,the several sheets of music may be successively turned. To repeat themusic, all of the sheets may be turned together to the right, by simplyswinging the handle 9 on the lower end of the rod 8 over upon the backWall 6 of the folio. The back wall of the folio is provided with asuitable handle 22 on its longitudinal edge and also fastening strapsindicated at 23. In view of the very few parts employed in theconstruction of the device, it will be apparent that the same will notinterfere with the folding of the folio walls to their closed positions.

In Fig. 4 of the drawing, we have illustrated the device as applied to asingle rigid base 2% which may be suitably mounted upon a music stand orother structure. In this mounting of the device, only the rod 8 is shownarranged to turn upon the board 2st,

said rod being centrally disposed thereon. It will be understood thatwhen the music .contains only a single loose sheet, it is not fairlyembodied within the spirit and scope of the additional rods or arms 12may be utilized in accordance with the general character of the musicusually provided for the performer, but in the interests of clearillustration, such additional arms are not shown. From the foregoing,the construction, manner of operation, and several advantages of ourinvention will be clearly and fu ly understood. The great convenienceand serviceability thereof will be obvious. In view of the extremesimplicity of the invention, it will further be apparent that the samecan be produced at very small manufacturing cost. It is also verydurable in practical use.

While we have shown and described the preferred construction andarrangement of the several elements employed, it is to be understoodthat the device is susceptible of considerable modification therein, andwe therefore reserve the privilege of resorting to all such legitimatechanges as may be of the invention as claimed.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we desire to claim andsecure by Letters Patent is 1. In a sheet turning device, arod, turningarms loosely mounted at one of their ends M upon said rod and providedupon their other 15 ends with sheet clamping means, a flexible elementconnected at spaced points in its length to the respective turning armsand adjacent to said rod, whereby the arms may 7 be successively swungupon the rod to turn the respective sheets by a series of pulls upon theflexible element.

2. In a sheet turning device, a rotatably mounted rod having a turningarm on one end provided with means for attaching a sheet thereto,additional turning arms loosely mounted at one of their ends upon saidrod and also each provided with sheet clamping means, and manuallyoperable M flexible means permanently connected di- 11o rectly to eachof said additional arms to independently operate the same andsuccessively turn the sheets held thereby.

3. In a sheet turning device, a rotatably, mounted rod having a turningarm on one 1115 end provided with means for attaching a sheet thereto,additional turning arms loosely mounted at one of their ends upon a saidrod and also each provided with sheet clamping means, a flexible elementattached at one of its ends to one of said additional arms and slidablyconnected to the other of said arms, said latter arm being provided witha stop to limit the movement of said element with respect thereto in onedirec- 1 tion, whereby said arm is first actuated when the flexibleelement is pulled to turn the sheet held thereby, the sheet held by theother arm being turned by a further pull of said element. 1 l

4. In a sheet turning device, a rotatable mounted rod having a turningarm on one end provided with means for attaching a sheet thereto,additional turning arms loosely mounted at one of their ends upon saidrod and also each provided withsheet clamping means, each of said armsbeing provided with an eye intermediate of its ends, a chain connectedto one of said eyes, and a ring carried by said chain and slidablyengaged upon the other of the additional arms, the eye in said armlimiting the sliding movement of the ring thereon in one our signaturesin the presence of two wit- 2C nesses.

HIRAM C. ANDERSON. JAMES GAFFNEY. Witnesses:

JAMES CASSIN, JOHN WHITE.

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